1. Give God what’s right, not what’s left.
2. A lot of kneeling will keep you in good standing.
3. He who kneels before God can stand before anyone.
4. In the sentence of life, the devil may be a comma, but never let him be the period.
5. Are you wrinkled with burden? Come to Church for a face lift.
6. When praying, don’t give God instructions, just report for duty.
7. We don’t change God’s message, His message changes us.
I woke up in the middle of the night wondering what would happen if the SEO Industry dies. With me and my hub both involved in SEO projects, where would we get money to feed our family then? Will I be able to get another job when I go beyond the calendar? My thoughts wanted to jump out of my head and run like a freak.
I looked to my right and I saw my little girl sleeping like an angel. I glanced to my left and heard my husband… softly snoring. They’re both deep in the dreamland and there I was trying to sleep but can’t all because I didn’t want SEO to die yet… not this time because other than the fact that I love my job, I haven’t saved enough for the future yet.
“Do you think Google’s gonna die with SEO too?” I asked my hub that morning after telling him why I didn’t get much sleep.
He looked at me and his glance seemed to say, why would I even think of such impossibility. “No, that’s not likely to happen.”
“But..” I tried to argue.
He pressed, “The Internet world is expanding at the rate of 3 domains per second. There’s no way SEO Industry is closing”
Gosh, that’s like population growth, I reckon. So I thought, I might as well update my blogs and keep things going. I just did. Now.
All lights are out now except for this PC monitor. It’s 8PM and the earth shuts all the lights off for an enlightenment. The organizers of Earth Hour tapped all of the “earthlings” into genuine concern about climate change.
A lot of industries thought this is a chance to cut back on power consumption, I bet. I’m sure this one hour of shutting off reduces their power bills by a significant percentage. But there’s more to this than just that.
“It’s a signal that people care,” says Julia Langer of WWF-Canada. “It’s a way to do it that’s accessible to everyone.” True enough, this is a call where all people (with lights) could participate in. Turning off the lights for an hour maybe a very tiny step. But those who joined in this hour of darkness sends out a message that we are in fact one in saving our tiny planet.
Happy earth hour everyone.
On the very day that Eklaboo! turned 1, I learned that the domain has been penalized by Mr. Googlebot and the PR went from 4 to 0. I was upset more to myself because I knew this would happen and “I” just let it. You may have read from blogs to blogs of the same issue. Yes, it happened to me, to my friends, to other bloggers and perhaps even to you. Thankfully, my other domains are spared haha!
If you’re lucky enough to still have your PRs up and running, be thankful but… there’s a big but… be watchful, Googlebot is coming to you soon. So don’t just watch. More so if you’re the type who blog to make a living. What I missed to realize before was that I’m hosting friends with paid posts (because I told all of them there’s money in blogging herherherher!) and I didn’t tell them Google’s golden PR rules. My carelessness took my domain PR down. So I’m not going to make the same mistake again.
Here are some of the many ways to maintain your ranking or at least avoid getting penalized:
Number 1. Never Disclose that you’re being paid for your posts.
Check your categories, post content and titles if they are leaving clues or obvious marks. Google has algorithms to track words such as “sponsored, paid, ads, advertising, etc” So it’s never wise to put those not so pretty words as links anywhere on your domain. Try using “rants”, “chismis” and NEVER put all the SPs in one category. Why not classify them based on what the link/site is about. A Disclosure Policy page was an “in” thing for quite sometime now. If you’ve pledged to disclose those SPs as paid, you’re dead. Other than losing your ranking, advertisers won’t come to you. So might as well edit your DP pages or delete it totally (you’re using a generic so over-used template anyway).
Number 2. Avoid PPC ads.
Never ever take paid link ads for Porn, Pills and Casino sites unless you want to forget your PR and work for them full time - c”,) - Stick to link ads that are closer to your blog’s heart.
Number 3. Don’t run PPP scripts.
PPP and Google are not friends anymore. Widgets for other programs on sidebars or anywhere around the site should be fine - minus the disclosure keywords of course.
Number 4. Link up with the living
Getting as much backward links is still a plus - the very reason why Mr.G penalizes those who try to play around it. So link up with blogs whose PRs are still alive.
Number 5. Do not copy content and NEVER let yours be copied
They call it Google bowling. When your content is found on a number of pages Internet-wide, you may be in for a big G trouble.
Number 6. Invest on getting your own domain.
Do not rely on free hosted blogs because once the main domain is penalized so will be your subdomain. Also, some webmasters of free blogs (unless you know the host personally, like a friend or family) deliberately delete blogs that are deemed spammy before the entire domain gets infested with paid posts. If you don’t want your blogs missing the next day, then pay for your own. Domains are getting more and more affordable these days.
Those were just the basic but very essential ones that I know. I’m pretty sure a lot of you who come by this blog know I’m with BTOP. So let me note that I’m sharing here personal (not to mention limited) knowledge. Those points are not official BTOP stuff. Just trying to help.
